Organ Recital by Anne Lam – Orchestral Inspirations

EVENT DESCRIPTION

Join Anne Lam (Organ) and Paul Luxenberg (Tuba) for a magical concert on 6 September, at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre Concert Hall.

Free tickets are available at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre enquiries counter, or through online registration starting from 9 August.

Programme

Gaston Litaize (1909 – 1991)
Prélude et Danse Fuguée

Gaston Litaize (1909 – 1991)
Douze Pièces pour Grand Orgue
III: Lied

Richard Wagner (1813 – 1883)
(Transcribed by Edwin H. Lemare)
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Overture

Sergei Prokofiev (1891 – 1953)
(Arranged by Charles Vernon)
Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64
II. The City (Street) Awakes
VI.Montagues and Capulets (Dance of the Knights)
IX. Romeo and Juliet before Parting
Guest Performer: Paul Luxenberg (Tuba)

Louis Vierne (1870 – 1937)
24 Pièces de Fantaisie, Op. 55
IV. Naïades

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750)
Praeludium & Fugue in E minor “Wedge”, BWV 548

ABOUT THE ARTIST / ORGANISER

Anne Lam teaches organ performance at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) and serves as a Director of Music at Chung Chi College Chapel, CUHK. She has also been teaching for the Pipe Organ Education Series at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre. In frequent demand as an orchestral player and choir accompanist in Hong Kong, Lam has been performing with the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, the Hong Kong Bach Choir, and the Chinese University of Hong Kong Chorus for nearly a decade.

Paul Luxenberg is the Principal Tuba of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, a position he has held since 2001. A native of California and a graduate of The Juilliard School, he began his professional career as the Principal Tuba of the Shanghai Broadcasting Symphony Orchestra before relocating to Hong Kong. He is a Lecturer at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, and also serves on the faculty at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, the Chinese University of Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Baptist University.